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Biography h richardson w
Henry Hobson Richardson
American architect (1838–1886)
H. H. Richardson | |
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Detail from portrait by Hubert von Herkomer, 1886 | |
Born | (1838-09-29)September 29, 1838 Vacherie, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | April 27, 1886(1886-04-27) (aged 47) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard College, Tulane University, École des Beaux Arts |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Trinity Church, Boston |
Design | Richardsonian Romanesque |
Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque.
Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture."[1]
Biography
Early life
Richardson was born at the Priestley Plantation in St.
James Parish, Louisiana,[2][3] and spent part of his childhood in New Orleans, where his family lived on Juli